Meeting
Abstract Number: 251
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Ultrasonography has been used for the last decades as a diagnostic tool. In recent years has been used in internal medicine at the bedside as a safe method that can easily detect abnormalities and provides immediate feedback. Purpose: Describe the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) that has been made in an Internal Medicine Department […]
Abstract Number: 266
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The Joint Commission (TJC) included medication reconciliation (MedRec) as a 2005 National Patient Safety Goal to reduce errors related to medication omissions, duplications and interactions. Medication errors and harms continue to be one of the most widely reported healthcare problems. TJC’s sentinel event database includes > 350 medication errors resulting in death or major […]
Abstract Number: 324
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Health literacy (HL) is the measure of a person’s ability to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions.1 Previous studies note positive correlation between high HL and patient understanding of their condition.2 Patients with low HL have greater needs in transitional care domains, citing inadequate caregiver support […]
Abstract Number: 497
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old woman with sickle cell disease and chronic pain who required inpatient care several times yearly presented with worsening nausea, emesis and uncontrolled pain to the emergency department (ED). Symptoms were typical of prior pain crises. The patient followed regularly with a hematologist undergoing monthly red blood cell exchange transfusions. In the […]